Woeful batting by Bangladesh on the fourth day of the rain-affected Dhaka Test has brought life back into second Test of the two-match Test series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur.

Bangladesh lost their first three wickets for 22 runs in 10.1 overs at tea on Day 4 of the Dhaka Test, after Pakistan declared their first innings at 300 for four looking to force a result in the remaining five-and-a-half sessions of play.

Pakistan lost overnight batsmen Azhar Ali (56) and Babar Azam (76) early on the fourth morning of the Dhaka Test, but Fawad Alam (19*) and Mohammad Rizwan (26*) took them to 242 for four at lunch.

Play on the fourth day of the second Test between Bangladesh and Pakistan resumed at 10:50am, with a total of 86 overs scheduled to be played on the day.

Not a single action took place on the third day of the second Test between Bangladesh and Pakistan at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur as the day’s play was called off as early as 2:00pm today due to continuous rain triggered by the weakened cyclone Jawad.

Persistent light rain has kept the start of the third day of the Mirpur Test between Bangladesh and Pakistan on hold.

Rain and bad light delayed the second day's start of the second Test between Bangladesh and Pakistan in Dhaka on Sunday.

The opening day's play of the second Test between Bangladesh and Pakistan has been called off prematurely due to bad light at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur today.

Pakistan have won the toss and elected to bat first against Bangladesh in the second of their two-Test series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur today.

Bangladesh will play the second Test against Pakistan tomorrow at Mirpur’s Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium and the Tigers will be eager to bounce back from the defeat in the first Test at Chattogram with the visitors 1-0 up in the Two-Test series. Ahead of the match, the nature of the pitch was a big focal point in captain Mominul Haque’s press conference today.

After a prolonged time spent with the national squad, Yasir Ali Chowdhury finally earned his much-awaited Test debut for Bangladesh in the first of the two-match Test series against Pakistan. And as the match was staged at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram, Yasir had the opportunity to make a dream start in Test cricket at his hometown.

Saif Hassan has been ruled out of the second Test against Pakistan, starting from December 4 in Mirpur, as well as from the tour of New Zealand as the young Bangladesh opener was diagnosed with typhoid.

All-rounder Shakib Al Hasan and pacer Taskin Ahmed returned to the Test squad after recovering from injuries as the Minhajul Abedin-led selection panel of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced an extended squad today for the second Test against Pakistan, starting from December 4 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur.

Bangladesh captain Mominul Haque admitted that his team were hardly ever in control during the course of the five days of the first Test against Pakistan which they lost by eight wickets on Tuesday.

Pakistan cruised to an eight-wicket victory over Bangladesh to take a 1-0 lead in the two-match Test series in Chattogram on Tuesday.

Pakistan only need 93 more runs to win with all the wickets intact on the final day of the Chattogram Test against Bangladesh tomorrow. And Bangladesh coach Russell Domingo also admitted that it would require something extraordinary from Mominul Haque and Co. to turn the game around in their favour.

Openers Abid Ali and Abdullah Shafique have put up successive century stands in the match as Pakistan are well on course to their target of 202 against Bangladesh at the close of fourth day's play of the Chattogram Test.

Often a team do not need to dominate every session, or the majority even, to win a Test match as the fate of the great game invariably hinges on whoever stamp their authority on the key ones. Such a session is tomorrow's first session when Mushfiqur Rahim and Yasir walk out to the middle at the Zahur Ahmed Cricket Stadium in Chattogram.

Bangladesh spinner Taijul Islam was relentless against Pakistan today, bowling the visitors out inside two sessions with a seven-wicket haul and get Bangladesh back into the first Test at Chattogram. Bangladesh spin coach Shohel Islam said that the work put into bowling accurately on flat surfaces had paid dividends.

Pakistan’s mastery with the new ball proved too good for the Bangladesh batters yet again as the top-order miserably crumbled in the second innings on the third day of the Chattogram Test.